The wind was very strong from the south, blowing the spray from cars and trucks into the passing lane. It was hard to see to pass. Look closely to see the misty spray on the left of the truck ahead:
We gained a little elevation, and lost a little temperature, and now it looked like this:
We had traveled over 9.000 miles since we had the oil changed in the car, so we stopped at the Toyota dealer in Cheyenne, WY, to have it done. We could tell the snow storm from a few days back had hit here as well. This was in the parking lot:
Although the rain had stopped, the wind was still blowing hard. There were almost whitecaps on the 1/2 inch deep puddle in the dealer's parking lot:
Once we got our car back, we headed east out of Cheyenne and as we got on I-80 we spotted a herd of Pronghorn Antelope. We had seen them off and on several times. This is the part of the country "...where the deer and the antelope play...." But, we continued on and soon arrived at the Nebraska line:
It had warmed up to 61 degrees, the sun was out and, since we had fresh provisions we decided to stop for a picnic. We stopped in the little town of Dix, NE, population 267. The wind was still blowing hard, so we found an empty building and parked downwind of it for our picnic. It was very pleasant.
We pushed on through the wind in Nebraska until we reached Kearney, pronounced "car-ney," we learned later. This was to be our stopping place for the day. Thank goodness we had left the rain behind.
